Ti:Sapphire Regenerative Amplifier Regulus

Single-box design *
 High rep. rates up to 10 kHz *
Fber seed oscillator option for greater  stability *
Application
- Micromachining
- Techological application
- Advanced research
 

The Regulus RA family of amplifiers comprise a femtosecond seed oscillator (TiF-50F or fiber EFOA-SH), stretcher, Faraday isolator, Pockels cell with control and synchronization unit, regenerative amplifier, pulsed amplifier pump laser and compressor. The system may be equipped with an additional Pockels cell for contrast improvement. The cell enables the user to get “pulse-on-demand” operation and reduce the repetition rate to the required values. All elements are gathered into a single box on a thick breadboard, thus providing reliable and stable generation and hands-free operation. Upon customer request the system can be upgraded to deliver up to 150 mJ per pulse by adding further stages of multipass power amplifiers (with reducing the repetition rate to 10 or 15 Hz).

The Regulus RA amplifier family is an ideal source for femtosecond micromachining systems, terahertz imaging, OPA pumping, remote sensing and ultrafast spectroscopy.
        

 

Regulus RAPOP

Regulus RAPOF

Regulus RAP

Installed seed oscillator

TiF-50F

EFOA-SH (fiber)

No

Output energy, mJ

>1@1 kHz or >0.15@1 kHz  (depends on pump laser)
>0.6@3 kHz or >0.15@3 kHz  (depends on pump laser)
>0.1@5 kHz
>0.05@10 kHz

Pulse width, fs

<50

<120

**

Central wavelength, nm

800±15

780±15

**

M2

<1.3

Beam diameter (1/e2), mm

8

Stability, %rms

<1.5

Contrast ratio

>200:1 @ 10 ns*
>103:1 @ 1 ps
>106:1 @ 5 ps
>5x107:1 @ 10-20 ps
>5x107:1 @ ASE

Spatial profile

TEMoo

Output polarization

horizontal

Optical head dimensions, mm

1200x900x200

1200x600x200

Water cooling

closed-loop water chiller is included

* - the contrast ratio can be >103:1 with an optional pockels cell. In this case the repetition rate of the amplifier can be changed in range from 0 Hz to operating repetition rate of the pump laser.
** - depends on seed oscillator type.